@article {599741, title = {Auditory brainstem response in infants and children with autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis of wave V}, journal = {Autism Res}, year = {2017}, month = {2017 Oct 31}, abstract = {Infants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were recently found to have prolonged auditory brainstem response (ABR); however, at older ages, findings are contradictory. We compared ABR differences between participants with ASD and controls with respect to age using a meta-analysis. Data sources included MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Google Scholar, HOLLIS, and ScienceDirect from their inception to June 2016. The 25 studies that were included had a total of 1349 participants (727 participants with ASD and 622 controls) and an age range of 0-40 years. Prolongation of the absolute latency of wave V in ASD had a significant negative correlation with age (R2 = 0.23; P = 0.01). The 22 studies below age 18 years showed a significantly prolonged wave V in ASD (Standard Mean Difference = 0.6 [95\% CI, 0.5-0.8]; P , issn = {1939-3806}, doi = {10.1002/aur.1886}, author = {Miron, Oren and Beam, Andrew L and Kohane, Isaac S} }